The Face of the Bride

Sermon 40 on The Song of Songs

"Your cheeks are beautiful as the turtle dove's." The bride's modesty
is a delicate thing; and I feel that at the Bridegroom's reproof a
warm flush suffused her face, so heightening her beauty that she
immediately was greeted with: "Your cheeks are beautiful as the
turtle dove's." You must not give an earthbound meaning to this
coloring of the corruptible flesh, to this gathering of blood-red
liquid that spreads evenly beneath the surface of her pearly skin,
quietly mingling with it to enhance her physical beauty by the pink
and white loveliness of her cheeks. ...